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Text -- 2 Timothy 4:4 (NET)

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4:4 And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: Word of God | Truth | Timothy, Second Epistle to | Revelation of Christ | PETER, SIMON | Myth | Minister | Lust | FABLE | Avoidance | Apostasy | APOSTASY; APOSTATE | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Robertson: 2Ti 4:4 - -- Will turn away their ears ( tēn akoēn apostrepsousin ). Future active of old verb apostrephō . See 1Co 12:17 for this use of akoē . The peopl...

Will turn away their ears ( tēn akoēn apostrepsousin ).

Future active of old verb apostrephō . See 1Co 12:17 for this use of akoē . The people stopped their ears and rushed at Stephen in Act 7:57.

Robertson: 2Ti 4:4 - -- Will turn aside ( ektrapēsontai ). Second future passive of ektrepō . They prefer "myths"to "the truth"as some today turn away to "humanism,""bol...

Will turn aside ( ektrapēsontai ).

Second future passive of ektrepō . They prefer "myths"to "the truth"as some today turn away to "humanism,""bolshevism,""new thought"or any other fad that will give a new momentary thrill to their itching ears and morbid minds.

Vincent: 2Ti 4:4 - -- Shall be turned unto fables ( ἐπὶ τοὺς μύθους ἐκτραπήσονται ) More correctly, will turn aside . The pa...

Shall be turned unto fables ( ἐπὶ τοὺς μύθους ἐκτραπήσονται )

More correctly, will turn aside . The passive has a middle sense. For fables see on 1Ti 1:4.

JFB: 2Ti 4:4 - -- The ear brooks not what is opposed to the man's lusts.

The ear brooks not what is opposed to the man's lusts.

JFB: 2Ti 4:4 - -- Greek, "turned aside" (1Ti 1:6). It is a righteous retribution, that when men turn away from the truth, they should be turned to fables (Jer 2:19).

Greek, "turned aside" (1Ti 1:6). It is a righteous retribution, that when men turn away from the truth, they should be turned to fables (Jer 2:19).

JFB: 2Ti 4:4 - -- (1Ti 1:4).

(1Ti 1:4).

Clarke: 2Ti 4:4 - -- And they shall turn away their ears from the truth - The truth strips them of their vices, sacrifices their idols, darts its lightnings against thei...

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth - The truth strips them of their vices, sacrifices their idols, darts its lightnings against their easily besetting sins, and absolutely requires a conformity to a crucified Christ; therefore they turn their ears away from it

Clarke: 2Ti 4:4 - -- And shall be turned unto fables - Believe any kind of stuff and nonsense; for, as one has justly observed, "Those who reject the truth are abandoned...

And shall be turned unto fables - Believe any kind of stuff and nonsense; for, as one has justly observed, "Those who reject the truth are abandoned by the just judgment of God to credit the most degrading nonsense."This is remarkably the case with most deists; their creed often exhibits what is grossly absurd.

Defender: 2Ti 4:4 - -- They cannot know the truth (2Ti 3:7) because they resist the truth (2Ti 3:8) and finally even turn away their "itching ears" (2Ti 3:3) from the truth.

They cannot know the truth (2Ti 3:7) because they resist the truth (2Ti 3:8) and finally even turn away their "itching ears" (2Ti 3:3) from the truth.

Defender: 2Ti 4:4 - -- This is the last of eleven occurrences of "the truth" in Paul's two letters to Timothy. It is a very important theme running through both. He first sp...

This is the last of eleven occurrences of "the truth" in Paul's two letters to Timothy. It is a very important theme running through both. He first speaks of "the knowledge of the truth" as involved in salvation (1Ti 2:4), then of his own teachings as "the truth in Christ" (1Ti 2:7), of the church as "the pillar and grounding of the truth" (1Ti 3:15), of Christians as those who "believe and know the truth" (1Ti 4:3), of covetous teachers as men who are "destitute of the truth" (1Ti 6:5), of the Scriptures as "the word of truth" (2Ti 2:15), of false teachers as those "who concerning the truth have erred" (2Ti 2:18), of repentance as leading "to the acknowledging of the truth" (2Ti 2:25), of those who seem "never able to come to the knowledge of the truth" (2Ti 3:7), of the false prophets who "resist the truth" (2Ti 3:8), and, finally, of those in the congregation who "turn away their ears from the truth" (2Ti 4:4). "The truth" clearly refers to the whole body of doctrine contained in the Scriptures and centered in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Defender: 2Ti 4:4 - -- These "fables" are nothing but the pagan myths (the Greek word is muthos, from which the English word "myth" is derived) which the ancients used to ex...

These "fables" are nothing but the pagan myths (the Greek word is muthos, from which the English word "myth" is derived) which the ancients used to explain the meaning of the world and life. They were founded on a pantheistic cosmogony which specifically rejected the truth of the transcendent personal God of creation and of the Bible. It is well known that these pagan nature myths are being revived in modern New Age cosmogonies, all of which are founded completely on evolutionism in one form or another. Modern atheistic evolutionists (Darwinists and other naturalists) may battle against these pantheistic evolutionists, but both unite (just as did the atheistic Epicureans and the pantheistic Stoics in Paul's day - Act 17:18) against those who believe in the true God of creation."

TSK: 2Ti 4:4 - -- turn : 2Ti 1:15; Pro 1:32; Zec 7:11; Act 7:57; Heb 13:25 unto : 1Ti 1:4, 1Ti 4:7; Tit 1:14; 2Pe 1:16

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: 2Ti 4:4 - -- And they shall turn away their ears from the truth - That is, the people themselves will turn away from the truth. It does not mean that the te...

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth - That is, the people themselves will turn away from the truth. It does not mean that the teachers would turn them away by the influence of their instructions.

And shall be turned unto fables; - See the notes at 1Ti 1:4.

Poole: 2Ti 4:4 - -- And they shall turn away their ears from the truth either in contempt, or scorn of it, as being delivered in too plain notions or style; or through i...

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth either in contempt, or scorn of it, as being delivered in too plain notions or style; or through impatience, not enduring their lusts should be touched, and the evil of their ways showed them.

And shall be turned unto fables delighting to hear fables, any idle stories, or impertinent discourses, provided they touch not their lusts. Missa non mordet, The mass will not bite, was an old saying of the popish faction.

Gill: 2Ti 4:4 - -- And they shall turn away their ears from the truth,.... The solid truths of the Gospel, not being able to bear the hearing of them: and shall be tu...

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth,.... The solid truths of the Gospel, not being able to bear the hearing of them:

and shall be turned unto fables; things idle, trifling, useless, and, unprofitable; and which are no better than old wives' fables; some respect may be had either to Jewish fables, or to the miraculous mythologies of the Gentiles, or of the Gnostics, and others: but in general, it includes everything that is vain, empty, and senseless; and this is to be considered as a just judgment upon them; that since they like not to retain the knowledge of the truth, but turn away their ears from it, God gives them up to a reprobate mind, a mind void of sense and judgment, to attend to things idle and fabulous.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Ti 4:4 These myths were legendary tales characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus and Crete. See parallels in 1 Tim 1:4; 4:7; and Titus 1:14.

Geneva Bible: 2Ti 4:4 And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto ( a ) fables. ( a ) To false and unprofitable doctrines which the worl...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 2Ti 4:1-22 - --1 He exhorts him to do his duty with all care and diligence;6 certifies him of the nearness of his death;9 wills him to come speedily unto him, and to...

Maclaren: 2Ti 4:1-5 - --Light At Eventide I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His king...

MHCC: 2Ti 4:1-5 - --People will turn away from the truth, they will grow weary of the plain gospel of Christ, they will be greedy of fables, and take pleasure in them. Pe...

Matthew Henry: 2Ti 4:1-8 - -- Observe, I. How awfully this charge is introduced (2Ti 4:1): I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the...

Barclay: 2Ti 4:1-5 - --As Paul comes to the end of his letter, he wishes to nerve and to challenge Timothy to his task. To do so he reminds him of three things concerning ...

Barclay: 2Ti 4:1-5 - --There can be few New Testament passages where the duties of the Christian teacher are more clearly set out than here. The Christian teacher is to be u...

Barclay: 2Ti 4:1-5 - --Paul goes on to describe the foolish listeners. He warns Timothy that the day is coming when men will refuse to listen to sound teaching and will col...

Constable: 2Ti 3:14--4:6 - --B. Conduct in the last days 3:14-4:5 Paul identified two of Timothy's duties in the last days to impress...

Constable: 2Ti 4:1-5 - --2. Proclamation of the truth 4:1-5 4:1 Paul wanted Timothy to proclaim the truth in his public ministry as well as to adhere to it in his personal lif...

College: 2Ti 4:1-22 - --2 TIMOTHY 4 E. A FINAL CHARGE TO TIMOTHY (4:1-8) 1 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view o...

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Commentary -- Other

Evidence: 2Ti 4:4 " The New Testament is the very best book that ever was or ever will be known in the world." Charles Dickens

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: 2 Timothy (Book Introduction) Second Timothy From Rome Probably Early Autumn of 67 or Spring of 68

JFB: 2 Timothy (Book Introduction) PLACE OF WRITING.--Paul, in the interval between his first and second imprisonment, after having written First Timothy from Macedonia or Corinth [BIRK...

JFB: 2 Timothy (Outline) EXHORTATIONS; TO FAITHFULNESS AS A GOOD SOLDIER OF CHRIST; ERRORS TO BE SHUNNED; THE LORD'S SURE FOUNDATION; THE RIGHT SPIRIT FOR A SERVANT OF CHRIST...

TSK: 2 Timothy 4 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 2Ti 4:1, He exhorts him to do his duty with all care and diligence; 2Ti 4:6, certifies him of the nearness of his death; 2Ti 4:9, wills h...

Poole: 2 Timothy 4 (Chapter Introduction) TIMOTHY CHAPTER 4

MHCC: 2 Timothy (Book Introduction) The first design of this epistle seems to have been, to apprize Timothy of what had occurred during the imprisonment of the apostle, and to request hi...

MHCC: 2 Timothy 4 (Chapter Introduction) (2Ti 4:1-5) The apostle solemnly charges Timothy to be diligent, though many will not bear sound doctrine. (2Ti 4:6-8) Enforces the charge from his o...

Matthew Henry: 2 Timothy (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Second Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy This second epistle Paul wrote to Timothy from Rome, when he ...

Matthew Henry: 2 Timothy 4 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter, I. Paul with great solemnity and earnestness presses Timothy to the diligent and conscientious discharge of his work and office a...

Barclay: 2 Timothy (Book Introduction) A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTERS OF PAUL The Letters Of Paul There is no more interesting body of documents in the New Testament than the letter...

Barclay: 2 Timothy 4 (Chapter Introduction) Paul's Grounds Of Appeal (2Ti_4:1-5) The Christian's Duty (2Ti_4:1-5 Continued) Foolish Listeners (2Ti_4:1-5 Continued) Paul Comes To The End (...

Constable: 2 Timothy (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical Background Assuming Paul visited Nicapolis as he planned (Titu...

Constable: 2 Timothy (Outline) Outline I. Salutation 1:1-2 II. Thanksgiving for faithful fellow workers 1:3-18 ...

Constable: 2 Timothy 2 Timothy Bibliography Bailey, Mark L. "A Biblical Theology of Paul's Pastoral Epistles." in A Biblical Theolog...

Haydock: 2 Timothy (Book Introduction) THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE, TO TIMOTHY. INTRODUCTION. The main subject and design of this epistle is much the same as the for...

Gill: 2 Timothy (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 2 TIMOTHY That this epistle was written to Timothy, while he was at Ephesus, where the apostle in his former epistle had desired hi...

Gill: 2 Timothy 4 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 2 TIMOTHY 4 In this chapter the apostle charges Timothy to perform his office as an evangelist with great diligence, constancy, and...

College: 2 Timothy (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION DATE AND PLACE OF ORIGIN In 2 Timothy Paul finds himself in a Roman prison. Onesiphorus had searched for Paul and found him in Rome (1:...

College: 2 Timothy (Outline) OUTLINE I. SALUTATION - 1:1-2 II. THANKSGIVING - 1:3-5 III. PAUL'S APPEAL FOR ENDURANCE IN FACING SUFFERING - 1:6-2:13 A. An Appeal for L...

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